122 results for: Washington Territory
Small hooked rug made by Mrs. Joseph Foster, 1890-1910
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Foster came to the Pacific Northwest from Ohio and settled on the Duwamish River in 1852. Foster, founder of the former town that bore his name (now Tukwila), was an early Washington Territory legislator and the first superintendent of schools in the area.
ID Number:1951.38.2
Date:Circa 1890-1910
The Foster spool bed, ca. 1850-1870
This bed is from the home of Joseph Foster, who came to the Pacifc Northwest from Ohio and settled on the Duwamish River in 1852. Foster, founder of the former town that bore his name (now Tukwila), was an early Washington Territory legislator and the first superintendent of schools in the area. The spools for this bed were hand-turned on…
ID Number:1951.38.c
Date:1850-1870
Saratoga trunk belonging to the John Collins family of Seattle, ca. 1900
John Collins was in Irish immigrant to Washington by way of New York and Maine, arriving in Seattle in 1865. He was a successful industrial investor, and he purchased and managed the Occidental Hotel, becoming one of Seattle's wealthiest citizens. He also entered the political sphere and served as mayor in 1873.
ID Number:1951.980.13
Date:Circa 1900
Small shell-encrusted box from Seattle pioneer, ca. 1887
Alice Warbus Engle made this trinket box as a wedding gift for Alice M. (Cock) Owens in 1887. Shells used are probably from species native to the Pacific Northwest.
ID Number:1952.528.8
Date:Circa 1887
Penknife with mother-of-pearl handle, 1889
This penknife was owned by Catherine Jane Maple Van Asselt, an early white settler from the Maple family who immigrated from England and married into the Van Asselt family.
ID Number:1952.563.3
Date:1889
Tin candle mold used by early Seattle settlers, ca. 1850
This twelve-candle mold is one of the many items that were brought with the early European settlers when they journeyed to the Puget Sound region.
ID Number:1952.986.9
Date:Circa 1850
Brass hand lantern that belonged to Sophie Frye Bass, ca. 1867
This hand lantern belonged to Sophie Frye Bass, an early white settler in Puget Sound.
ID Number:1952.986.27
Date:Circa 1867
School desk from a University of Washington library, ca. 1880
The donor stated that this desk, in the Gothic Revival style, was from a previous library at the University of Washington. More research on this desk is necessary to better understand its provenance.
ID Number:1953.298.1
Date:1875-1900
Oil painting of Puget Sound near Port Townsend by Harriet Foster Beecher, September 17, 1888
Born in Indiana, Harriet Foster Beecher (1853-1918) traveled to the West Coast to attend the San Francisco School of Design. She moved to Seattle in 1880 and married Captain Herbert Foote Beecher. In 1881, Beecher opened what is thought to be Seattle’s first art studio. She painted Indigenous life in oils and watercolors, portraits of Seattle pioneers, and landscapes. Beecher…
ID Number:1953.303.1
Date:1888
Oil portrait of Ezra Meeker by Harriet Foster Beecher, 1914
Ezra Manning Meeker (1830-1928) was born in Iowa and traveled the Oregon Trail eventually settling in what would become Puyallup, Washington, in 1862. He grew hops for brewing beer and he was known as the "Hop King of the World," as his agricultural business made him a wealthy man. Unfortunately, an infestation of hop aphids in 1891 destroyed his crops…
ID Number:1953.303.13
Date:1914